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Advice for new hires

by Teach

Jul 23, 2018

I just had to jump in here and share a few things with all the new hires. Last summer, I was in your shoes. Although I was very familiar with DODEA and had spent 5 years teaching in DDESS and 3 in DoDDS (Okinawa), it was my first time as a CONUS hire. The amount of paperwork and hoops to jump through has me often questioning what I got myself into. I just wanted to get to Japan! My children and I finally arrived the first week of August and we spent about 7 weeks living in the lodge on base. Imagine a regular small hotel room, that was home for the start of the school year. My HHG (and thus my teaching materials) arrived a month after school started. I felt disorganized and just a mess! However, I had an amazing team of teachers to help keep me going. I had colleagues who took my children out to the movies or to lunch so that they weren't stuck on the lodge room yet again. There was even more paperwork and hoops, but I survived it! My husband was finally able to join us about 2 months ...See More

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CM Thank you very much for your words of advice! I'm sure a lot of us needed to hear this (especially me), during this time. I'll be heading to Japan and I'm crossing my fingers that I'm able to be there before the 8/20 start date!

Jul 23, 2018

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Teach JDodd, it was an amazing place for families! I'd go back in a heartbeat!

Jul 23, 2018

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Teach JDodd, it was an amazing place for families! I'd go back in a heartbeat!

Jul 23, 2018

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Happy Teacher Okinawa is an absolutely incredible place for families! Like Teach, I would go back in a minute.

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GoingToKorea Thank you!

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